What we do as a leadership team matters! How we speak to each other, the help we offer to one another, how willing we are to learn from our peers – all of these set the tone, not only for how we work, but for the employees who watch us
Flat hierarchies, often celebrated because they’re great for employees. But what do they mean for leaders and L&D teams? Ally Jones (Leadership Coach) and Chichi Eruchalu (Head of Leadership Development, Multiverse) are joined us live to answer that very question. From why leaders are people we want to follow and
It’s not an easy time to be a leader! And that’s because it’s not the best moment to be an employee either… 🥶 34% of people who quit their jobs said it’s because their leaders were uncaring and uninspiring. 😔 60% of employees are emotionally detached, with just 21% feeling
We’re living in an age of flatter hierarchies! And that’s often something to be celebrated, especially when it comes to the ways we lead and learn. We’re no longer told what to do and how to develop by a select few at the top of the tree – we’ve got
It’s a classic challenge in fast-growing companies. Your headcount is catching up with how quickly you’re evolving, and that inevitably means new leadership positions open up! A lot of the time that means promoting from within or hiring someone for their first managerial role. But being a new leader is
Our intentions when we behave a certain way and how those land don’t always match up! Luckily, you’re not alone. All leaders fall foul of what Ally Jones describes as The Awareness Gap – the difference between the two. A clear chasm between the positive intentions we have when we
Now more than ever, people need effective leaders! The situation we expected to pose a few weeks of problems back in March 2020 is throwing more questions at us than an eccentric Batman villain in a green suit. And the last thing you need is another riddle around the
Not every great leader planned to become one, but they’ve probably been on the receiving end of some great leadership planning! Whether it’s being paired with a great mentor, given the chance to lead on a project or sent on an amazing course, leadership development training is so often the
Management isn’t something you just decide to do. Rome wasn’t built in a day, as they say, and Caesar’s leadership skills certainly weren’t either! Instead, the key to doing a leadership title justice is a well-thought-out plan. Your leadership development plan lays out the necessary steps you’ll need to take
Are some people just born to lead? Perhaps. But is that to say that if you haven’t made it as a manager yet, you never will? Absolutely not. Leadership skills are those essential traits and competencies that all successful leaders share — and they are well within your reach.
It goes without saying that customer success has changed since the pandemic, but the better questions are how has it evolved? What can leaders do more effectively in response? And how can we learn socially from our CS colleagues and other departments in the world of hybrid work? Angela Guedes,
Why would a company move from KPIs or that standard goal-setting model to objectives and key results? Or, as you might know them, OKRs. That’s the big question we put to Jacquie Gay, Program Manager of Talent Development at TomTom, in this week’s episode of 99 Problems But Work Ain’t
